The
Sayad-2 static surface-to-air missile system is a further development
of the Sayad-1 series, which in itself is a development of the Russian
S-75
(NATO SA-2 Guideline) system. The Sayyad 2 is better in
precision, range and destruction power. The Sayyad series is also heavily
influenced by the Chinese HQ-2 and may benefit from North Korean technology
input. Other reports not yet confirmed suggest the updated Sayyad series
to be strongly influenced by HAWK and Standard missiles in current Iranian
armed forces inventory. The Sayyad-2 was unveiled in April 2011. In
May 2011, Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General
Farzad Esmayeeli told FNA (Iranian press agency that the new air-defense
system Sayyad-2 has been deployed in all air-defense units across Iran.

Variants

- Sayyad-1:
first version of the missile
- Sayad-1(A): improved version of Sayad-1

In static
position, the Sayyad-2 is mounted to a launcher station as
the Russian made SA-2
missile. The basic design qualifies as semi-mobile, requiring
several hours to set up or redeploy a battery. Each missile
is carried by a semi-trailer towed by a Mercedes-Benz 2624
6x6 truck, and needs to be loaded onto a fixed launcher before
firing. The loading usually takes about 5 minutes but this
really depends on the training and experience of missile operators.

Missile

The
Sayyad-2 is a two stage guided missile, with a large solid propellant
booster stage fitted with four very large delta fins.The warhead
of the Sayyad-2 weighs 200 kg and is a HE internally grooved
fragmentation type with proximity, contact and command-type
fuzing available. The Sayad 2 fligt at 3,600 km/h and has a
range of 80 - 100 km and includes ECCM (Electronic Counter-Counter
Measures) equipment.

Combat
use

The
Sayyad-2 missile, considering it's medium range can be apllied
for targets, rather in low or high altitude. also it has capability
for protecting the economic, political and social centers. Sayyad-2
is capable of destroying targets with low Radar Cross Section
(RCS) at low and medium altitudes. The main mission of this
missile, can be defined for destruction of bombers and reconnaissance
aircraft.